Lars Wilke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The IBM Public License is incompatible with GPLv2 AFAIK That seems to be > whole reason. Once i have read that there was a plan to create a kernel > module which could have a compatible license, so the kernel module could > be included in the mainline kernel, but never heard of that idea again.
> I guess man power ... AFS is not a simple protocol. Reimplementing the protocol for no other reason than license purity isn't a particularly attractive project, and isn't likely to draw many volunteers with the required skills, particularly since Linus has stated repeatedly that he doesn't have license issues with the OpenAFS kernel module as is. He considers the external module API to be a license boundary. (Some other kernel developers don't agree, but to date that disagreement hasn't carried the day.) That being said, those who really don't like the OpenAFS license can use (and contribute resources to) Arla, which is a separate implementation of OpenAFS started for other reasons. I believe the client isn't quite as mature as OpenAFS's client, but it does work. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
